Congress of Industrial Organizations

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historical organization labor union federation trade union federation

The Congress of Industrial Organizations was a major federation of industrial labor unions in the United States that played a central role in organizing mass-production workers and shaping mid-20th-century labor policy.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Congress of Industrial Organizations canonical	15
Committee for Industrial Organization	2

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical organization ⓘ labor union federation ⓘ trade union federation ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolutionCause	merger with American Federation of Labor ⓘ
dissolved	1955 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	collective bargaining ⓘ labor organizing ⓘ labor rights ⓘ
formerName	Congress of Industrial Organizations self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Committee for Industrial Organization
foundedBy	Charles Howard ⓘ David Dubinsky ⓘ Harvey Fremming ⓘ John Brophy ⓘ John L. Lewis ⓘ Max Zaritsky ⓘ Sidney Hillman ⓘ Thomas McMahon ⓘ
hasPart	Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America ⓘ Textile Workers Union of America ⓘ United Auto Workers ⓘ United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America ⓘ United Mine Workers of America ⓘ United Steelworkers of America ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
ideology	New Deal liberalism ⓘ industrial unionism ⓘ
inception	1935 ⓘ
influenced	Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ National Labor Relations Act implementation ⓘ mid-20th-century U.S. labor policy ⓘ
keyPerson	John L. Lewis ⓘ Philip Murray ⓘ Sidney Hillman ⓘ Walter Reuther ⓘ
mergedInto	AFL–CIO ⓘ
movement	American labor movement ⓘ
notableWork	organization of mass-production workers ⓘ sit-down strikes of the 1930s ⓘ support for New Deal labor legislation ⓘ
opposedBy	American Federation of Labor ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
renamed	1938 ⓘ
significantEvent	1936–1937 Flint sit-down strike support ⓘ World War II economic mobilization ⓘ surface form: World War II labor–government cooperation formation of United Auto Workers as major affiliate ⓘ formation of United Steelworkers as major affiliate ⓘ purge of communist-led unions in late 1940s ⓘ split from American Federation of Labor ⓘ
timePeriod	Great Depression ⓘ World War II ⓘ early Cold War ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Taft–Hartley Act → opposedBy → Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ

Walter Reuther → memberOf → Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ

AFL → conflictWith → Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ

subject surface form: American Federation of Labor

AFL–CIO → foundedBy → Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ

AFL–CIO → mergerOf → Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ

John L. Lewis → memberOf → Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ

Flint sit-down strike → unionInvolved → Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ

Congress of Industrial Organizations → formerName → Congress of Industrial Organizations self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee for Industrial Organization

Cold War liberalism → associatedWithInstitution → Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ

Sidney Hillman → coFounderOf → Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ

Sidney Hillman → memberOf → Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ

Hague v. CIO → respondent → Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee for Industrial Organization

American labor movement → hasOrganization → Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ

Philip Murray → affiliation → Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ

Philip Murray → organizationLed → Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America → affiliation → Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ

Harvey Fremming → affiliatedWith → Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ